Well we did it! The kids and I (and Chris) decided it was about time for a dog in our home.  We started saving and now 4 months later, we brought home Dart!

Dart is an 11 month old black lab/huskey mix. He already weighs 48 pounds! He is definitely a ball of energy and fast! His name fits him. We adopted him from the Blount County Animal Shelter. 

They said he was an owner surrender, the reason the owner gave was that they had too many dogs, but since we’ve been home we’ve seen that he is timid and afraid of Chris which leads us to think he may have been mistreated by a man in the past. We are doing all we can to gain his trust and show him that we love him and want him to be a part of our family.

Foster is the one who is the most concerned about getting a dog.  He has struggled with fear of dogs as long as I can remember and so I am hoping that having his own pet will help him with this.

Katie, Theodore, Parker and Jonah are all excited and ready to play with him but aren’t quite strong enough to walk him on a leash yet.  It’s more like Dart walking them at this point.

So now our family has 2 girls and 6 boys! 🙂